Looks like Toddlers and Tiaras and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo don’t have many fans among the French. This week, France’s Parliament voted to ban child beauty pageants with a vote of 196 to 146, the BBC reports. The movement still needs to pass the National Assembly before it becomes law.

If the law goes through, pageant organizers would face up to two years of jail time and a fine of about $40,000. “Let us not make our girls believe from a very young age that their worth is only judged by their appearance,” former Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno told the Parliament.

The law would prohibit any beauty competitions for anyone under age 16. “It is extremely destructive for a girl between the age of 6 and 12 to hear her mother say that what’s important for her is to be beautiful,” Jouanno said. “We are fighting to say, ‘What counts is what they have in their brains.’”

The report, which was titled “Against Hyper-Sexualization: A New Fight For Equality,” also recommended that child-size adult clothing, like padded bras and high-heeled shoes, be banned as well.

Back in the U.S., child beauty pageants still have their defenders. “Society is too quick to judge something they are not familiar with,” Valerie Best, a pageant director from Indiana, told CNN. ” A pageant (run) properly is no different than a young girl competing in gymnastics, a school function or anything else that has a score kept or judged upon. Teach these girls to be strong, confident individuals and see how far they go in life.”‘

Other pageant proponents argue that beauty pageants shouldn’t fall under government regulation. “It’s a social issue and it’s a family issue,” Wynn Westmoreland of Atlanta, a former child beauty pageant contestant, said.